OUT IN THE WORLD

TREMENDOUS
Screening on Saturday, October 23, 2010
T
ribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick Street, New York, NY

During my residency at Recess Activities (March-June) I shot hours and hours of footage with more than 100 generous visitors. I am currently editing the project and the final video will be shown in October at Tribeca Cinemas in association with Recess Activities.

Out of a sea of stories, fantasies, scenarios, genres, and sources I intend to build a coherent, engaging feature length video about dealing (continuing on) in the face of crushing circumstances, be they imagined or real, devastating or awe-inspiring. It might go something like this: Bill Murray and Friday Night Lights meet and fall in love. They have a run in with some wild animals and lose consciousness but while they are out they have mutual dream about getting obliterated by a tidal wave but it’s okay because it is amazingly huge and beautiful and there is nothing they can do about it so they just let go, it pummels them, and they die but it’s okay. Really. It’s okay.

Alright, so it won’t really go like that but it just might feel something like that and you can certainly expect to see all of those elements mixed up with a bunch of other stuff, maybe even some of your stuff.

 

 


BUFFET: all you can eat video, issue no. 1

I collaborated with Houston based artists, Kelly Pike and Sasha Dela to create and curate this experimental video-based periodical. Since the city of Houston is itself an endless sterno-warmed parade of variety (food, weather, culture) and a large inspiration behind this project, it seemed only natural to make it the theme of our first issue. We are thrilled to present a diverse and delicious collection of videos ranging from stop motion animation and performance art to music video and power point. Featured artists include Chelsea Beck, Susan Chen, Rachel Cook, Jonathan Durham, Galería Perdida, Jonn Herschend, Lauren Kelly, Laura Lark, Cody Ledvina, Sharad Patel, Nancy Popp, Kelly Sears, James Sham, Hilary Wilder, and Daniel Zajicek. The dvd is $25 and can be purchased online at www.buffetdvd.com or in person at DOMY Books in Houston and Austin, Frankenart Mart in San Francisco, and Printed Matter in New York.


Bonus Track Special for You
Service-Works Grant Project at Four Star Video in Bernal Heights

If you rent one of the movies I have recreated a scene from at the Four Star Video in Bernal Heights (402 Cortland Ave. in San Francisco) you will get a surprise bonus dvd with my version of a scene on it with no further explanation. This project was funded with a Service-Works Grant and you can watch six of the videos online if you click here and then on the $231 project.

Learning to Love You More

Assignment #47 on learningtoloveyoumore.com is what got me started reenacting movie scenes. You can watch my rendition of E.T. online by going to this link.

"To a Man Young and Old" Music Video for The Speakers

I helped my friend's band make a music video. Click here to see it. I have been using their music in my videos for years.

 

 

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